Vocabulary
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- at rest: Not moving or being used.
- in particular: Specifically; especially.
- in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- such as: For example; like
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
- once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
- show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
- perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
- diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- meditate: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
- protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- shrink: To become smaller
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
- dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
- mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
- counteract: To reduce the impact doing something opposite
- amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- enzyme: A protein made by cells
- dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
- tolerance: Ability to adjust to changes, your environment etc.
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
- correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
- burn: To destroy with fire
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- believe: To think or accept that something is true
- gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
- buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
- flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
- pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
- meditator: Someone thinking in a deep quiet reflective manner
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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